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(Ha. HlMTKIl WATCHMAN, Consolidated Aur. 2, i PuMIhIkhI Wednesday and naturday ?BY* OSTEEN PUBLISHING COMPANY SUMim. 8. c. II.lo per aaaasn?la advance One Bquar? trat Isiarttoa.$1.00 ?veer iiM^ufnt lasertlea.no rentrvw f?r three ssoaths. or tonga* arts as mads at reduced rate*. Ail caeaeaunleasaene which sub ?news anrate laterasts will he sharped far aa stfrectuwanaata Otattuarlee sad trthutas of ras?acta artel he sssstfjad far. WAR IS CRIME. SAYS CARNEGIE. DONOR OF ?II..100,000 FOR PEACE lljfssll AN OVATION. A IVrmanctit ( ??urt for Judicial hk - tfteaneat of ail International OssV csWssea, Prevailing Sentiment of Asa** lean Society Last Night?Car ajtjal lalk* of War, Calla Ii a Healoua Crime aod Appeals for Co? operation lit .Movement. Washington. Dec. It.?That the worst reaulta of arbitration are in? calculably better than the best effects obtained through war. and that a per? manent court of arbitral Justice, of a judicial and not of a diplomatic character, Is the idea for which hu? manity should strive in Its moral tank of abolishing war, was the prevail? ing sentiment of the opening session tonight of an International confer? ence under the ausplcea of the Amer? ican Society of Judicial Settlement of International Disputes. War Itself aa well as extensive preparations for It by Immense pub Ite expenditures were generally de? plored. Andrew Carnegie, the princi? pal spasker of the evnlng, declaring that 70 per cent of the taxes collect? ed by this country -was spent on war or pensions connected with it. Prom Cardinal Gibbons, who pro? nounced the Invocation on through S? fftef spMehas, there was a oonoerd of axpresslon agaiaat war and In fa? vor of Judicial arbitration. Mr. Carnelge'a gift of $11.600.000 for a peace foundation, which ahall attempt to abolish war between na? tions, was mentioned frequently and the large audience of diplomat*, In? ternational lawyers, former ambas? sadors and educators who gathered for the evening's sessions, applauded the donor many times. Andrew Csrnegle, who made the final speech of the evening wss given an enthusiastic ovation. He said In pre? face to the paper, which he prepared: "We muat get a code of internation? al law and It pleases me greatly that perhapa I have placed within reach some money that may contribute to the aucceas of that work." Mr. Carnegie, whoae aubject was The Moral laaue In War," from a review mi recent events, In the move? ment for a permanent court ot arbi? tral Juatlce, characterised "the ap? peal to conscience, not to the pock? et," aa the paramount queatlon. He declared that the enormous sums na? tions are now spending upu?; Instru? ments for war are "ominously ? \ prssslve." and added that he did not believe the mere cost of war or th? greater coat of armaments meant t<> prevent v\tr would prove the most effectual Getem-nt to war itself. Mr. Carnegie referred to the newly cre? ated peace foundation very brkti> urging tfce Anorb-an Society for Ju dt tal Hvttb io. i t ..f International Dla pu'.ea aa well as other peace organkzu ttona not to fall to co-operate with j the foundation In Its atngle aim, the abolition <?f \ ur between nations. Tb? p. a< ? ju??vem.-nt never vibra? ted ao strong'y among men aa at this moment." anid he. "The pres? nt de pSagwheS condition* of the leading nu< (loa-, is rapld'.> I ...Kins; IhSUghtful men of ?II I'ufie* to the coin hisii.n that something most be done. and that a??nvt*.4n* Invariably lies in tin direction of peaceful arbitrament of Internat .ona I disputes) There hi as other f ood' This III Itself is 11 gteat tain. for when men see t there ??? ass \< awthta rssncdy. Its ap* pl'catb t, i i President Taft 0 II the first tgsaegj rub rs of nations to Iflfsje ?? i sin i ? botwwes pats i art! irsf and polal out ise true cause, -Many arhttfattoa treatise have been made, but the sttwattoa re mal as pr-H ti< me b.tn d. >?? .in- w lib the rhlef nations IhaSS treaties b> fi loopholes through which their vSf] souls might esca-.? " Mr. Cnrn'jfle r? f* re.I to the fa< t that the DasW I ? - ">?l Oft at E?rlt ain treaty which fal'?d In the Sen? ate. UhIiwI April. ttt.-M?. 'Be Just a 1881 SX MILL EMPLOtLE KILLS FIREMAN ? i.wdf. tOWUCR shot BY CUll Tis ammans at Loikll akt. SUSSl to lln\e Hired Buggy und Made Ills Wuy Into Chester County. I nion, Dec. 18.?Curtis Ammons. an operative !? the Lockhart mill, this afternoon shot and killed Claude Fow? ler, fireman on the Lockhart branch of the Southern railway. The cause of the killing, which occurred at Lockhart about 6 o'clock this after? noon, is not known. Ammons has not been apprhended. It is believed that he has gone toward Yorkvllle. J. L. Hames, coroner of Union county, left Union for Lockhart in an automobile at 8:30 tonight. He is not expected to return before tomorrow. The details of the killing are not known. It is said that immediately after the homicide Ammons hired a horse and buggy, and, crossing the Broad river, made off through Ches? ted county. He is about 26 years of age, clean shaven and weights about 135 pounds. When he left Lockhart he was wearing a gray suit. Fowler was about 22 years old and unmarried. Ammons also is unmar? ried. THE POTASH CAHTROVKRSY. Though DIsMMism'd at Cabinet Meet? ing, QSSfBI Has Not Yet lleeii De? cided Ou. Washington, Dec. 19.?It was an? nounced today by the state depart? ment that the chief topic ot discus? sion at the prolonged special meeting of the cabinet Saturday night wus the trade controversv between Ger? many and the United States, growing out of Germany's tax on the produc? tion of potash. No decision was reached, it wus reported, as to what course this country will pursue in further nego? tiations to settle the question Involv? ed and It was stated the matter is still under advisement. SHOT BY TOY CANNON. Juhu T. Anderson. t5 Years Old struck In Los: by Load From Little Gun. Charleston. Dec. 18.?The first Yuletlde fatality in Charleston took place yesterday afternoon and a toy cannon aas to blame. A party of lads, celebrating the approach of Christ? mas, had loaded the miniature gun with buckshot. A load struck John T. Anderson, 15 years old, In the leg, and he died shortly after being taken to a hospital. He declared that even If America or England stood alone in such a treaty, the rest of the world would see the benefit of the movement and follow suit. He cited the large com? mercial exchange between nations as evidence of the fact that they should be partners at all times In keeping the world at peace. Mr. Carnegie deplored the crime of killing which, he said, is the moral wrong for which war should be ab? olished. He said that it was the wish of Washington. Lincoln, Grant and Sherman that war might cease for? ever, and he commended the Ger? man Kmperor for his efforts to re strict private war?"duelling"?In the army and navy. "In all this," he continued, "we n> te the supreme Importance attach? ed to the moral equation, the out? standing QtMStlon of right or wrong." The appeal to conscience, not to the poeket. Is the paramount issue. That war Is costly Is true, but this loss might be endured; that It is a < i ime, i heinous crime, for men to kill eaeh other, is the truth that in? sure* its speedy abolition. He concluded with an appeal to th. i lety to < o?operate v ith the peace foundation end all other peace or? is alia Ho as "as fellow workers, prlv? lleged to labor In the grandest of ;ill i isch, th it w ir be abolished from the fiiee of earth." Bp* clal to the I tally it* m. Columbia, Doc. If.?Uarnwell count) may furnish s candidate tot Superintendent of Kducutlon it* tie seal < impa?fn? Th< thorough man let in which mr Horace j? Crouch, Sup4 rlntt lob i t of education of that ? my. prepan d the exhibit of 1lit boys' corn club at the corn sxposF ii?.n hl ? tused much kind comment. Tht Bnrnwell lVopl< this wees pays Mr. Crouch i trlhtib and puts him forward j'-* an "Ideal man for 8tat< Huperlntt ndeni of Kdu< ntlon." In ? mm b a>< ta< r< are : 11 vs m \ ? a iiutn'-r ? ?I candidates for the various |obs, South Carolina will have no dltllcult) In getting a man for Ihc office, Mr. .f. F. SnsaTtngcn, In Ihe meantime, h's hu I <l nothing about reslan Inn. ma Foar not-~Let all the ends Thou Alx JMTER, 0., WEDNE %] MANY GIFTS FOB Pjjjj PEOPLE, MKS. TOI Ml V LlvVVFS GISTS FOB st MTFIFS POOR, CHECK PKF M.MI.I? BY COL, LEE. Mass Meeting Poorly Attended but Biggest Collection Made?Meeting of Committee Tomorrow at 10 A. ML The eighteenth annual mass meeting of Sunday schools held in this city for the purposee of raising funds with which to give Christmas gifts to the poor and needy of the icty was held Sunday afte.-noon in the Pres? byterian church at 4 p. m. A small attendance was present, owing to the rainy weather, but the largest col? lection was made since the origin of this beautiful custom. The meeting unanimously elected Mr. L. I, Parrott, in sp.te of all pro? test on his part, to be chairman for tin- eighteenth time of the commit? tee which has the distribution of the presents in charge, the others named on the committee with him being Messrs. J. H. Scarborough, W. S. Jones, C, L. Cuttino, and W. B. Fpshur. The committees appointed from the Sunday schools of the various churches 'were: Christian church, Mrs. Helms and Mrs. Qarhart; First Methodist church, Misses Lola Brown and Hattie Phillips; Presbyterian church, Misses Leila Miller and Mamie Kdmunds; Lutheran church. Miss Lizzie Muller and Mrs. W. G. Stubbs; Broad Street Methodist church, Mrs. J. W. McCoy and Miss Mary Britto A; Washington Street Baptist church, Mrs. E. C. Hayns? worth and Mrs. F. M. Satterwhite; First Baptist church. Mrs. M. A. Flowers and Mrs. G?rden. The com? mittees from the Sabbath schools of the Slnai Jewish Synagogue and the Catholic church were not appoint? ed as there were no persons at the meeting representing those churches, and will have to be appointed later. The d,?natlons were about the same as usual, with the exception of the check for $240 presented by Col. K. D. Lea for the estate* ?f'?rt. Sita Tourney who had left $3,000 to be put out at interest which every year at Christmas time was to be given for the poor of the city. The other collections were not so large as usual, but this was owing to the small at? tendance, the smallest since the begin? ning of these meetings eighteen years ago. It is worthy of mention here that this was the first time in the eighteen years that this beautiful custom hu8 been going on that the weather has interfered with the meeting in any way and tended to make the attendance smaller than it otherwise would have been. The exercises were opened with singing. Mr. H. C. Haynsworth presid? ing over the meeting and conducting the order of exercises. After the singing of several sacred songs, Mr. U. D, Fpps made the address of the evening.. He spoke in a plain direct way. He told of the great joy which would be brought to the hearts of the poor children when they received the Christmas gifts sent to them by the children of the Sunday schools of the city and how Santa Clause came to them and did not go to the poor children so that they might act as Santa Clause to the poor children. A beautiful solo was rendered by Miss Beaufort Brand during the meeting Which was most appropriate to the Christmas season and for the 00?ai Ion. When Mr. Hurst, as chairman of the collection committee, asked for contributions, Col. lt. D. Fee rose and, in u touching and eloquent eulagy paid to the memory of Mrs. Ella Toumey, told bow that worthy lady loft JFi.OUU Which he as the solo ex? ecutor Of her estate, had put out .it tut? rest and now he would for tin estate of Mrs. Toumey give the in terest on that money for the poor of the city, the amount of the cheek be? ing $240, Mr. Hurst thanked Mr. Lee, stating that Mrs. Toumey had always been a liberal giver during her life and now that she was dead she had built h* r own monument in the hearts of lor fellow eltlsens bj leaving this beneficent glfl for the poor. The donations wh< n collected amount' il In all to $559.33, Including th< check from lira Tourney's es? late, It i-- probable that the amounts will be greatly increusod over last yeur when ;iil of those who were no! present have contributed whai the I bad weather prevented their giving Sun lay. Contributions cun be hand? ed In to any of the members of th< committee who have the contributions in ? barge and. if there are persons who know nf any poor, needy persons in the <it>. the chairman of the con ns't at be thy Country's, Thy God's a DAY, DECEMBER 21, 1 ISLET AND RESIDENTS VANISH - NEARLY A HUNDRED PEOPLl said TO HAVE PERISHED. Resporta Place Scene of Disaster on Small Island Near San Sulvudor. New Orleans, Dec. 18.?A sepciul dispatch to The Times-Democrat from Port Limon, Costa Rica, says that a small island off the coast of San Sal? vador disappeared last Thursday fol? lowing a series of earth shocks and it Is believed that 17 families, or about 90 persons, lost their lives. The dispatch adds that San Salva? dor was repeatedly shaken by earth? quakes last week and the series of Thurslay night was especially se? vere. "The people on the little island Ilopango were observed giving signals of distress late Thursday afternoon," ?ays the dispatch, "but it 'was out of question at that hour, because of the excitable condition of the people on the Salvadorean shore, to send them relief. The earth shocks continued until past midnight Thursday and Friday morning the island had en? tirely disappeared." J. A. Crosby a superintendent of the Beaumont mills. S>artanburg, ha? disappeared and search is being made for him as he is accused of padding his pay roll and defrauding the mill of |2,000. tribution committee would appre? ciate It if he or some of his committee are notified before Thursday night. There will be a meeting of all of the members of the committees ii the Grand Jury room tomorrow morn? ing at 10 o'clock and all of those on the committees are expected to be present and ready to begin work. It was during the latter part of the meeting that Mr. Hurst announced that Mr. Parrott who had always been chairman of the contribution committee had positively refused to serve on that committee again and .tba^a.WO^ld like to.hear some.ofY nomlnate some person to take the place. Mr. 13arto?w Walsh stated that he thought Mr. J. H. Scarborough would be a good man for the place and that he had consented to serve as chairman of the committee. Mr. Scarborough got up and stated that Mr. Walsh had misunderstood him for he had not said that he would act as chairman of the committee, but that he had said that he would be willing to serve on the committee with some one else as chairman. He said that he could get off the three days prior to Christmas and that, while he would be willing to serve on the committee, he did not think that he woulld be a good man for the chairmanship as he was a new man in the town and did not yet know who were the poor and deserving and who were not. He therefore thought that some one who did should be appoint? ed as chairman of the committee. Mr. It. D. Dee, then got up and stat? ed that Mr. L. 1. Parrott was the best man for the place and that he thought that the audience ought to unani? mously elect him to the office atul that if he should refuse in the face of such an election he thought that he ought to be run out of town as a poor citizen and that he would be willing to draw up papers of im? peachment against him and run him out of office, Mr. Parrott then tinted that he would under the pressure ac? cept the office but that he thought that someone else should have it as he had been severely criticised In the distribution of gifts and he thought that someone else ought to be ap? pointed who COUld be mote bucc0s8 ful In pleasing the people. He was unanimously elected to till the po? sition. The contributions of the various lodges and persons were: cash collection, l:u>.:?;{ Estate of Mrs. Torney, 240.00 K. 1?. Lee, 5.00 Petit Jury, 4.on Eagle's Club. 25.00 Game Cock Lodge, K. of P. 10.00 W.Im< n of W'oi id. 25.00 Claremont Innige a. r. M. 15.00 Elks,' 25.00 Jr. < >. IT. a. M. 5.00 Phllathea Class of First Bap tlsl church, 5.00 < >rd< r of Kastern star. ' CC I tnrnea <'lass of First Baptist church. 25 00 S. I,. [. 5.00 l ? I ?onnell ?v. Co. 1 5 0 1 I !hrlstiu n Chui ch Sunday Srh.-ol, 5,00 I ni.ib i 'hapb r, R. A. 51. 10.00 Baraca Class of Washington Street B iptist I 'hurch, 10.00 Total, $564.13 ud Trutli'g." THE Till - ' Hi - 910 MAN MANGLED BY ENGINE. JOHN MIMS. A. C. L. YARD CAR INSPECTOR, HAS BOTH LEGS CUT OFF BY YARD EN? GINE. Engine Run by Engineer Divine Knocke Him Down Mangling Both Ix'gs?Different Stories of Accident. John J. Mims. white, ear inspector on the A. C. L. yards, was knocked down Monday morning about 10:35 bj an Atlantic Coast Line yard engine run by Engineer Sam B. Divine, and both his legs cut off, one above and the other below the knee, at the railroad crossing on Harvin street. There are different stories told of how the accident occurred, but the one generally acepted as correct was that told by Engineer Divine. He says that Mims was sitting on the rod of another engine just to the right ol the one he was running and that as he approached the other engine in passing Mims got off the other en? gine and started to cross just in1 front of him. He did not have time to stop, so blew his whistle just be? fore the engine struck Mims. He saw the engine strike Mims and when Mims fell the last wheel of the tn gine passed over his legs before he tould stop. He said that he was run? ning about live or six miles an hour at the time, not faster. The same story was told by the colored porter on the Gibson train, with the. exception that he would not say how fast the engine was running. Mr. S. R. Huggins and Mr. I. J. Price said that their attention was attracted by the whistle of the en? gine and when they looked they saw Mims throw up his hands and fall to one side and the rear wheels tf the engine passed over him. Both of them said that the steps of the en? gine struck Mims. Huggins, who is from Dalzell, said that the engine was going pretty fast, but that he did not know how fast it was going. Price said that he did not notice how j accident sal. ui.nervsjb Mm th*t W turned the other way and did not stop. Another tale told by a well known and reliable man is that Divine was running his engine about fifteen miles an hour and that he had just said something about his running too fast when the person he was talking to said "My God, look there," or something to that effect. He looked and saw Mims, who seemed to be getting off the steps of the engine, fall and the engine ran over him, dragging the body for some distance, lie at once ran to the station and telephoned for a doctor and sent per? sons out to find other doctors to bring aid to the wounded man. He was the first man to reach Mims and he did what he could for him as quickly as possible. Mims retained his senses until he was put on a wagon and started off to the hospital, Dr. Clifton, of Orange burg, being the first doctor to arrive on the scene and helped assist the wounded man on the wagon. Other doctors arrived just as the wagon started off and accompanied the man to the hospital. Mims bled freely while lying on the ground, and all the time he was cry? ing out, "Lord, look what a tix I'm in now. Can't some one get a doc? tor. Do for Lord's sake someone do something for me." At one time he cried out, "I thought i could pass In front of that engine." He was deathly white and seemed to be suffering agonies from bis mangled limbs. One of ihe legs was broken all the way up above the knee while the other was broken and crushed below the knee. Handkerchiefs werf tied tightly above the wounds to keep him from bleeding to death while B doctor was being waited for. There were a great many eye wit? nesses of tin* occurrence. Mims Dies From Injuries. Mr. Minis died at the Sumter Hos? pital wh?-re he was taken for treat? ment at l p. m. Monday about a half hour after he was taken out ol the operating room, it was found af? ter being tak<ui to tin- hospital that bis body ha l been crushed up to the waist and it was Impossible to bs him. Both legs were ampul l?*d however, in the attempt to save his life, Doctors (Thins and Baker pt*r? forming the operation. Despite their efforts to save his life he died from the ? beets of the bIum k of the acci? dent. John Mima had been working for the A. C. L. railroad for only a short time, but he had been an ef? ficient workman while he a*as em? ployed by them. iii' had been an overseer al the cotton mill for four? teen years prior to the time thai i; SOUTHKOX, Ksuiblkh?! June, 1?M XXXI. No. 35. GEN. BOW DIES FROM STROKE. ADJUTANT GENERAL J. C. BO YD PASSED AWW YESTERDAY. Kan Away From Homo to Ellllot in Troop? Funeral in Greenville To? morrow. Columbia, Dec. 19.?Jackson Chap pell Boyd for four years adjutant general of South Carolina died yes? terday at his residence on Hampton street following a stroke of apoplexy. Gen. Boyd was stricken while com? ing from Charleston to Columbia. He never regained consciousness follow? ing his sudden illness. The interment will be held in Greenville Tuesday af j ternoon w ith military honors. The body will be escorted to the train to? morrow morning by the military com? panies of the city, j Gen. Boyd was recently retired by Gov. Ansel as a major general of the National Guard of South Carolina. He was 62 years of age. J. C. Boyd, one of the youngest soldiers of the War Between the Sections, was born at Selma, Ala., November 15, 184S. His father was William Henry Boyd, a native of Chester county, in this State. His mother was Martha Lee of Ogle thorpe county, Ga. At the age of 14 in 1863 he ran away from home and enlisted in Company A. Capt. C. S. Lee, of the Sixth Alabama cavalry, Col. C. H. Calvin commanding, and served with this regiment until 1864 when he joined Company D, 62nd Alabama infantry under the com? mand of Capt. G. D. Shortridge. At the fall of Mobile he -aas taken pris? oner at Spanish Fort and subsequent? ly confined on Ship Island, until June 1865. At the age of 17 years he entered upon a business career. From 1886 to 1875 he resided in Atlanta. He was engaged as a commercltl traveler and while there served as second lieutenant of the Governor's Guard of Georgia. ....^^mi^frMi In 1875 Gen. Boyd removed to Greenville where be went J*pto tha brokerage hustos** He served as first club during the "Reconstruction" days and In 1876 reorganized the But lar Guards, of which he was elected captain. In 1877 he carried the com? pany to Philadelphia to participate in the military functions of the cen? tennial exposition. He was elected lieutenant colonel of the Fifth regiment in 1888 and 1891 was promoted to colonel. In 1905 he was appointed by Gov. Heyward to take charge of the South Carolina troops at the Manassas movements. In 1906 he -was elected to the office of adjutant general. Two weeks before taking the oa*h of of? fice he suffered a stroke of paralysis from which he never fully recovered. In 1876 Gen. Boyd married Miss Ella Woern, daughter of the late Richard Woern of Columbia. She died in 1904. He is survived by Rich? ard Morton Boyd of Columbia. A sister, Mrs. E. V. Wyatt of Fort Smith, Ark., a brother, V. H. Boyd of Atlanta. The successor to Gen. Boyd will be named by Gov. Ansel. His term of office would have expired on January 10. TO BE SECOND WITT!NGTON. Former Pennsylvaalan to Carry t.ooo Cats to Washington State to Check Gophers. Sharon, Pa., Dec. U>?Squire S. % Gilbert of this place has received a request front the State of Washington for 1.U?0 cats. The request Is made in a letter from Albert J. Bandall. for? merly of Sharon, but now a resident of Okanogan county, in the western part of the State. He writes that he will visit Pennsylvania within a month to pick Up all the stray cats that cast be delivered to him, for which he is willing to pay ran pries Mr. Kamtaii has sssmm iated with him a numtx r of pr< perty owners de? termined to rld Ognaogan county of gophers that destroy gardens and farm lands in that section of the State. Fi\ e th? cati are to he ship] ? 1 to \. L*hiti4l n : > April 1. tin mill was shut down and had been a good workman at that place. When th? cotton mill shut down he aent to Columbia and worked there for a while, but had returned and taken up work at the telephone shop until he secured a better paying Job as ? ar inspector some time ago. He bad a wife and ti\e small chil? dren whom he leaves without any support, lb was about 36 years old and everyone spoke ol him as faith? ful to his ? mployei b,